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This photo shows the jigs for both
the side and end walls. |
Work continued
on interior components such as flooring, interior walls, plumbing,
and electrical while the exterior walls and roof were being prepared. |
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Work continued on interior
components such as flooring, interior walls, plumbing, and electrical
while the exterior walls and roof were being prepared. |
Champion's
technicians fabricated the bracket used to pick up and place the
end wall. |
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| Placement
of the end wall. Champion's technicians
fabricated the bracket used to pick up and place the end wall. |
An electrical
box is secured to the underside of the floor. The placement of electrical
wires was one of the tasks that needed to adapt the most to SIPs.
Wires were run in preset chases, but chases also needed to be created
on the factory floor, which required special tools to bore through
foam. Standard drills and saws are not as effective on SIPs as on
typical 2x6 framed walls. |
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The sidewall
is being set. |
This shows the installation
of a header that connects the two panels that make up the entire
wall. |
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A
chamfer is cut into the corner of the bottom plate to ease placement
of the end wall shown in photo 11. Techniques such as these are
not needed for typical framing and helped to greatly increase the
speed of using SIPs. |
